North Hollywood High School

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North Hollywood High School
Aerial photograph of North Hollywood High School taken in 1927.
Address
5231 Colfax Avenue
North Hollywood, California, 91601
USA
Information
School district Los Angeles Unified School District
District 2
Principal Dr. Randall V. Delling
Assistant principals Ms. Yolanda Gardea
Ms. Diane Pokarney
Mr. Luis Rodriguez
Dr. Bryant Ching
Enrollment

3,000
Type Public high school
Grades 9-12
Campus Urban
Color(s)              Blue, White, Grey
Established 1927
Feeder schools Walter Reed Middle School
Sun Valley Middle School
Roy Romer Middle School (beginning in 2008)
Homepage Official website

North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the huskie, and the school colors are blue, white, grey.

North Hollywood High School is located in the San Fernando Valley and enrolls approximately 3000 students each year. It is located in local district 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Several neighborhoods, including most of North Hollywood, Valley Village, Studio City, and Sun Valley, send students to this school.

As of 2008, the school principal is Dr. Randall V. Delling. From 2000 to 2007, North Hollywood High was a year-round school with 3 tracks (A, B, and C). During the 2007-2008 school year, a traditional calendar was re-adopted. The school itself is divided into small learning communities that include various academies with a wide range of focuses, including Entertainment and Media, Social Justice, Transportation Careers, Home Engineering, Humanities (DaVinci), Environmental Health Awareness, and Acquiring Bilingual Leaders in Education (A.B.L.E.)

The school has a long history of dramatic productions. For many years, they were helmed by Ms. Diana Sweeney, who still teaches English at the school. Under her direction were Cuba Gooding Jr. and Alyson Hannigan, among others. Sweeney was followed by Mr. Bob Arnold who reintroduced musicals at North Hollywood, putting on "Grease" and "Guys and Dolls." Theareafter, he left the school and was replaced by Mr. Jonathan Jones who directed "West Side Story," "Little Shop of Horrors," "The Laramie Project," and most recently, "Bye Bye Birdie" in the spring of 2008 which was attended by Broadway's original Conrad Birdie, Dick Gautier.

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[edit] History

The school opened as Lankershim High School in 1927.

In 2006 East Valley High School opened, relieving North Hollywood [1] [2] [3]; grades 9 and 10 in the eastern portion of the North Hollywood attendance zone were reassigned to East Valley, with 11th and 12th grades phased into East Valley over a two-year period.

[edit] Zoo Magnet

Begun in 1981, this magnet is a specialized school that buses its students out to a site next to the LA Zoo. At this site, the approximately 300 students who attend take all the regular classes such as history, math, and English. The difference is that there are several classes, as well as Advanced Placement classes, related to biological and zoological sciences, which the students can choose from in place of chemistry or physics, and as general electives. Many of these classes also include trips into the zoo for tours and observation. One class, animal behavior, requires observation time in the zoo; the class meets three days per week (each class meets only three days, lasting two hours each) - during class time. Another class, animal husbandry, requires community service, working with the wildlife in different areas of the zoo.

[edit] Highly Gifted Magnet

Main article: Highly Gifted Magnet

The HGM program was established in 1989 for students who have a measured IQ of 145+ and is designed to provide an academically challenging college preparatory program. The 300 students in grade 9-12 study a stringent, rigorous curriculum commensurate with the most demanding of public or private schools in the country. The HGM student is a well-rounded individual whose emotional, intellectual and physical success is fostered by involvement in the regular high school and community. These students have gained immeasurably by interacting in a culturally diverse, urban high school. The program seeks to prepare students to thrive in the most demanding of university environments. Students display a variety of interests in their extracurricular activities and academic directions.

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